We performed a comparison between ActiveBatch by Redwood and JSCAPE by Redwood based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."As far as centralization goes it's nice because we can see all these processes that are tied to this larger process. The commissions, FTP processing, the reporting, the file moves to the business users — all that is right there. It's very easy to read. It's easy to tie it together, visually, and see where each of these steps fits into the bigger picture."
"The product offers a centralized platform for managing activities across many environments, applications, etc."
"One of the valuable features is the ability to trigger workflows, one after another, based on success, without having to worry about overlapping workflows. The ability to integrate our BI, analytics, and our data quality jobs is also valuable"
"ActiveBatch provides summary reports and logs for further analysis and improvements in monitoring servers, which is very handy."
"Error Handling is one of the best standout features of ActiveBatch."
"ActiveBatch can automate predictable, repeatable processes very well. There is no real trick to what ActiveBatch does. ActiveBatch does exactly what you would expect a scheduling piece of software to do. It does it in a timely manner and does it with very little outside interference and fanfare. It runs when it is supposed to, and I don't have to jump through a bunch of hoops to double check it."
"There are hundreds of pre-built steps."
"Using this tool, if there are any huge failures, we immediately get an email notification, and the proper team will be informed, at which time they can act accordingly."
"It offers audit trails and reporting tools, allowing users to track file transfers, monitor user activities, and produce regulatory compliance reports."
"The product's most valuable feature is the high availability clustering."
"We can send the data quickly and securely."
"Valuable features include a comprehensive management UI and a strictly controlled managed file transfer."
"It keeps a clear record of all the file transfers that take place, the person who initiated them, and the outcome of the execution."
"It is a reliable and easy-to-operate platform for secure file transfers."
"The user interface feels easy to use."
"The speed of transferring large datasets is super quick, which allows us to work on multiple tasks at a time."
"The help center and documentation are not that helpful."
"Providing some detailed training materials could be very helpful for new users who have very limited technical information about the tool."
"Whenever there is an overload, we are seeing crashes happening."
"A cloud option is not provided as a free feature, making it a costly solution for smaller organizations."
"The thing I've noticed the most is the Help function. It's very difficult, at times, to find examples of how to do something. The Help function will explain what the tool does, but we're not a Windows shop at the data warehouse. Our data warehouse jobs actually run on Linux servers. Finding things for Linux-based solutions is not as easy as it is for Windows-based solutions. I would like to see more examples, and more non-Windows examples as well, in the Help."
"Except for the GUI, everything looks good."
"The documentation is very limited, and it can be improved."
"Any product is going to have some room for improvement, no matter what. I see the company has already ventured into AWS and they're constantly trying to improve the managed file transfer which they have recently improvised. I think they bought a software called JSCAPE and they're trying to improve it, which is good. I am not sure if JSCAPE would be part of the base product but currently, you have to buy a separate license for it, which doesn't make sense. If it was Microsoft, ServiceNow, or integrating with other software vendors, I would understand but JSCAPE is now in-house and I'm not sure if they can justify having a separate license for JSCAPE. I would probably expect them to be packaging JSCAPE into the base product. They did switch over from a perpetual license model to a subscription model, which hurt the company a little bit. Nobody is offering the perpetual model anymore. As long as the transition is fair for both the companies, I think it should be fine and not burn us out."
"The price is too high and the product line is too complex."
"The user interface is something that has to be worked on."
"With constant software releases and updates, detailed notifications and documentation on the improvements along with the comparison of the past and present features would be helpful to understand and use it better."
"The cost of the tool is relatively high and can pose a problem to medium and small-scale companies who are trying to overcome their on-premise server limitations."
"The initial setup is a bit hectic during the installation."
"The user interface (UI) could be improved."
"Setup is time-consuming."
"The product's pricing needs improvement."
ActiveBatch by Redwood is ranked 5th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 35 reviews while JSCAPE by Redwood is ranked 8th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 21 reviews. ActiveBatch by Redwood is rated 9.2, while JSCAPE by Redwood is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of ActiveBatch by Redwood writes "Flexible, easy to use, and offers good automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of JSCAPE by Redwood writes "Versatile, streamlines the entire file transfer procedure, and offers good support". ActiveBatch by Redwood is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, Tidal by Redwood, Redwood RunMyJobs and Automic Workload Automation, whereas JSCAPE by Redwood is most compared with Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit, Control-M and Fortra's Globalscape Managed File Transfer. See our ActiveBatch by Redwood vs. JSCAPE by Redwood report.
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